March 1997
by Susannah Hauze Hogendorn '93
Plenty of people attempt historical accuracy in their houses but head to the lumber yard to buy stock moldings. Not Caroline Sly '64. In her profession "getting it right" means recreating period woodwork and, when necessary, even making her own tools.
Ralph Lee Smith '51
From the 1940s until it merged with rock festivals in the '60s, the College's folk festivals attracted students from up and down the East Coast. They also attracted legends of the genre, from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie to Jean Ritchie and Richie Havens.
by James A. Michener '29
This country, says former teacher James Michener, has a vital concern in the failure of the nation's public schools to provide adequately educated young people. He offers some fundamental values he feels essential to reversing our educational decline.
WHO RULES THE GAME?
By Tom Krattenmaker
Mike Mullan, tennis coach and sports sociologist, has based his scholarly career on the premise that the sports people play-from Irish hurling to baseball played by World War II Japanese internees-can shed light on their politics and status in society.
by Suzanne Braman McClenahan '52
Barely 17, naive, and overawed by all the "brilliant brains" on campus, Suzanne Braman started her college career in 1948. Her rediscovered diary reveals the excitement, enthusiasm, experiences, and pace of life at post-World War II Swarthmore.
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